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Death Studies

Taylor and Francis Ltd. · United States · Est. 1975

ISSN1091-7683

SJR Q1✓ WOS SSCI✓ Scopus / SJR

Impact Factor & Quartile · Web of Science (JCR)

✓ Indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection (SSCI) — Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor and JCR quartile for this journal.

See the official Impact Factor & quartile on the journal’s page ↗

The Impact Factor & JCR quartile are licensed by Clarivate — we link you to the official source instead of reprinting a number that can go out of date. Open metrics below: SCImago Q1. Source: Clarivate Journal Citation Reports.

📊 Standing in its field

Where this journal ranks among others in the same subject area.

SJR · Scopus

Top 25% in field

Clarivate’s JCR quartile is a separate ranking and may differ

SJR Scorei

0.912

H-Indexi

109

SNIPi

1.504

Total Worksi

3,457

Total Citationsi

78,249

2yr Mean Citednessi

1.40

Open Impact Factor alternative

Retractions

Source: Retraction Watch

Aims & Scope

Subject areas: Psychology, Multidisciplinary; Social Issues; Social Sciences, Biomedical; Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous); Clinical Psychology; Developmental and Educational Psychology.

General Information

Country / RegionUnited States

Primary LanguageEnglish

1st Year Published1975

FrequencyMonthly (Except Feb., May, Aug., And Nov.), 1998-

StatusActive (last: 2026)

Total Publications3,457

Publisher OrgTaylor & Francis

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Submission Info

Peer Reviewpeer-reviewed

OA License—

OA Rate—

Ethics & Quality

COPE Member✗ No

OASPA Member✗ No

Not on Predatory Lists✓ Yes

📦 Long-term Preservation

PorticoCLOCKSS

Think.Check.Submit Compliance

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8/11 · 73%

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Do you know the journal / publisher?

Taylor and Francis Ltd.

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Does the journal have a website?

✓ Linked

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Is the ISSN verified?

1091-7683

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Indexed in a trusted database?

WoS, Scopus

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Peer review process documented?

peer-reviewed

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Follows ethical publishing standards (COPE)?

N/A

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Not on predatory/blacklists?

✓ Clean

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Long-term digital preservation?

Portico, CLOCKSS

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Plagiarism detection in place?

N/A

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Listed in DOAJ (verified OA)?

N/A

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Primary language documented?

English

A twelfth criterion — whether APC fees are clearly disclosed — is not scored here; it is left out of the total rather than counted as a failure. Publication charges appear in the metrics card above.

Based on the Think.Check.Submit framework by DOAJ, COPE & OASPA. All data from verified open sources.

Publication & Citation Trend

Articles published

Citations received

152

2.7k

2019

165

6.6k

2020

121

2.1k

2021

106

884

2022

105

750

2023

208

658

2024

222

310

2025

149

2026

Source: OpenAlex · Each year’s green bar = citations earned by that year’s papers, counted to date — so recent years look lower simply because their papers haven’t had time to be cited yet.

SJR Quartile by Discipline

Scimago ranks this journal separately in each subject category — its quartile can differ by discipline.

Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Q1

Clinical PsychologyQ2

Developmental and Educational PsychologyQ2

Subject Classification

Web of Science Categories

Psychology, MultidisciplinarySocial IssuesSocial Sciences, Biomedical

Scopus Categories

Developmental and Educational PsychologyArts and Humanities (miscellaneous)Clinical Psychology

Research Topics (OpenAlex)

Grief, Bereavement, and Mental HealthMigration, Health and TraumaPalliative Care and End-of-Life IssuesSuicide and Self-Harm StudiesDeath Anxiety and Social ExclusionReligion, Spirituality, and PsychologyHomelessness and Social IssuesFamily Support in IllnessPosttraumatic Stress Disorder ResearchPatient Dignity and Privacy

Frequently asked questions about Death Studies

Is Death Studies a predatory journal?

PubScope has no integrity flags on record for Death Studies: it is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus, and is not on DOAJ's withdrawn list. Indexing is a transparency signal, not a guarantee — always confirm fit and policies before submitting.

What is the impact factor of Death Studies?

Death Studies is indexed in the Web of Science Core Collection, so Clarivate publishes an official Journal Impact Factor for it (since the 2023 Journal Citation Reports, every Core Collection journal — including Arts & Humanities and Emerging Sources titles — receives one). PubScope links to Clarivate's official source rather than reprinting the number, which can be out of date. Its open 2-year mean citedness is 1.40.

Is Death Studies indexed in Scopus and Web of Science?

Death Studies is indexed in Web of Science, Scopus.

What is the aims and scope of Death Studies?